Our H&M contest winners get ready to shop

The wait is finally over. H&M has officially opens noon Thursday at Baybrook Mall. It’s the first Houston store (and there are more to come). To celebrate, H&M generously donated five gift cards to giveaway to ShopGirl readers. I received hundreds and hundreds of entries, and here are the winners:

GRAND-PRIZE WINNER ($100 gift card):

Karina Pena, a Houston mother of two, said she needed a new summer wardrobe since she wears mostly exercise clothes as a stay-at-home. (She even sent a phot0.)

RUNNERS UP ($50 gift card each):

Kyle Benson of Katy entered the contest for his wife, Mary Carroll, and their 15-year-old daughter, Caroline. He wrote how they would regularly shop together at H&M when they visited New York and Chicago. With the recent loss of his sales job, Kyle said shopping is on hold.

Brittany Simpson of Beaumont said she always wanted to shop at H&M after watching many YouTube videos on people finding great deals.

Myah Aquil of Houston wrote she wanted an H&M gift card because she didn’t get a Mother’s Day gift even though, “I’m a great mom.”

Courtney Rodd of West Houston wrote that H&M is one of the few affordable fashion retailers that caters to full-figure young women. “I’m young, and I like to able to wear the most current trends. I know H&M carries a wide variety of sizes.” (The Baybrook store will carry H&M plus-size collection, called H&M+.)

Congratulations to all of our winners!

Note: H&M is offering the first 500 shoppers in line at the new store an H&M T-shirt and Access to Fashion Pass, valued from $10 to $500.